White House / President·Immigration
DHS: ICE set records in fiscal 2026 with 483,200 deportations and more than 491,000 arrests
DHS said Thursday that ICE deported 483,200 illegal immigrants in fiscal 2026, up from 442,640 the year before, and arrested more than 491,000 people, including 474,850 administrative arrests, the most in its history, the Washington Examiner and New York Post reported. DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said ICE's fiscal 2026 arrests outnumbered all three full fiscal years under Biden combined. Syracuse University's TRAC data hub said removals declined after January 2025 and that DHS totals include returns such as self-deportations, the Post reported; DHS did not clarify when asked.
Sources
- Washington ExaminerICE shatters illegal immigrant arrest and deportation records in 2026
- New York PostDHS says record number of illegal immigrants deported in past year